Radio Astronomy
Did The Draconids Perform?
[/caption] After weeks of speculation of its intensity, the Draconid/Giacobond meteor shower finally arrived. Some astronomers predicted that this normally…
Even the Early Universe Had the Ingredients for Life
[/caption] For us carbon-based life forms, carbon is a fairly important part of the chemical makeup of the Universe. However,…
First Look At Interstellar Turbulence
[/caption] All of the space that surrounds us isn't empty. We've always known the Milky Way was filled with great…
Rare New Galaxy Reveals Black Hole Jet Secrets
[/caption] A newly discovered galaxy is aiding astronomers in the research into the early evolution of individual galaxies and galaxy…
Star Transforms Into A Diamond Planet
[/caption] "Remember when you were young... You shone like the sun." Four thousand light years away in the constellation of…
HARPS Tunes In On “Noisy” Planets
[/caption] Able to achieve an astounding precision of 0.97 m/s (3.5 km/h), with an effective precision of the order of…
Searching For Gravitational Waves
[/caption]Colliding neutron stars and black holes, supernova events, rotating neutron stars and other cataclysmic cosmic events… Einstein predicted they would…
The Russian Hubble?
[/caption] This is hardly breaking news, but there's a new Russian space telescope in town. With a name like an…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Oh-My-God Particles
[/caption] Cosmic rays are really sub-atomic particles, being mainly protons (hydrogen nuclei) and occasionally helium or heavier atomic nuclei and…
LOFAR So Far… Digging Deep Into Our Universe
[/caption] The International LOFAR telescope is a Pan-European collaborative project led by ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. The radio…